At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and execute performance tests for cloud-based applications, ensuring top-notch user experience.
- Company: Join a leading enterprise transformation programme with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, remote work flexibility, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative team environment with a focus on continuous improvement and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on critical services while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in performance testing, especially with JMeter, K6, and AWS environments.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We're looking for an experienced Performance Test Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise transformation programme, helping to ensure the performance, scalability and operational readiness of critical cloud-based services.
You will work closely with engineering, DevOps and QA teams to design and execute performance testing strategies, analyse system behaviour under load, and provide recommendations to improve application resilience and user experience.
Key Responsibilities- Design, develop and execute performance, load, stress and endurance tests across AWS-hosted applications.
- Create and maintain automated performance test scripts using JMeter and K6.
- Carry out Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) to ensure services are production-ready.
- Analyse test results, identify bottlenecks and work with development teams to resolve performance issues.
- Monitor application and infrastructure performance using industry-standard monitoring tools.
- Produce detailed performance reports and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous quality improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Strong commercial experience delivering performance testing within enterprise environments.
- Hands-on expertise with JMeter and K6.
- Experience testing applications hosted within AWS.
- Strong knowledge of performance, load, stress and endurance testing methodologies.
- Experience delivering Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT).
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools including: Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace.
- Experience using Jenkins, GitHub, Jira and Confluence.
- Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems and modern cloud architectures.
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
- Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of microservices and containerised environments.
- Previous experience working on large-scale digital transformation programmes.
Performance Test Engineer employer: Brio Digital
Brio Digital is an exceptional employer for aspiring Trainee Delivery Consultants, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters ambition and results-driven performance. With structured training, clear progression paths, and the opportunity to earn uncapped commission, employees are supported in their growth while working in a collaborative Chester office environment. This role not only provides valuable experience in tech recruitment but also allows you to build meaningful relationships in a high-demand market.
